Top Cheddar 2026-27

Thursday, March 6, 2025 · Amalie Arena

Sabres 5 at Lightning 6

Final

Three Stars

C 95OVR Jake Guentzel Lightning First Star 3G · 3 SOG R 87OVR Oliver Bjorkstrand Lightning Second Star 1G · 2 SOG D 98OVR Rasmus Dahlin Sabres Third Star 1G · 1A · 5 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 5:01 Nick Paul (19) Ryan McDonagh (18), Brandon Hagel (39) · Backhand BUF 0 – 1 TBL
  2. 5:17 Rasmus Dahlin (11) Ryan McLeod (18), Zach Benson (11) · Wrist BUF 1 – 1 TBL
  3. 5:53 Darren Raddysh (4) Zemgus Girgensons (4) · Wrist BUF 1 – 2 TBL
  4. 8:20 Alex Tuch (24) Unassisted · Snap BUF 2 – 2 TBL
  5. 17:09 Peyton Krebs (5) Ryan McLeod (19), Zach Benson (12) · Wrist BUF 3 – 2 TBL

2nd Period

  1. 0:58 Jake Guentzel (30) Erik Cernak (14), Nikita Kucherov (63) · Snap BUF 3 – 3 TBL
  2. 9:35 Tage Thompson (31) PPG Rasmus Dahlin (40), JJ Peterka (32) · Wrist BUF 4 – 3 TBL
  3. 12:40 JJ Peterka (19) Unassisted · Wrist BUF 5 – 3 TBL
  4. 17:43 Jake Guentzel (31) Brayden Point (33), Nick Paul (16) · Backhand BUF 5 – 4 TBL
  5. 18:46 Jake Guentzel (32) PPG Brandon Hagel (40), Darren Raddysh (24) · Slap BUF 5 – 5 TBL

3rd Period

  1. 1:40 Oliver Bjorkstrand (17) Yanni Gourde (12), Nikita Kucherov (64) · Wrist BUF 5 – 6 TBL

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Rasmus Dahlin D 1 1 5 1 1 +2 23:35 1.85
Zach Benson L 0 2 2 1 0 +2 10:57 1.65
Ryan McLeod C 0 2 0 0 0 0 21:38 1.25
Alex Tuch R 1 0 4 3 0 +1 21:00 1.25
JJ Peterka R 1 1 2 0 0 -1 21:35 1.13
Tage Thompson C 1 0 5 2 2 0 19:19 1.03
Peyton Krebs C 1 0 2 2 0 -1 13:47 0.70
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 3 3 +2 25:12 0.35
Jordan Greenway L 0 0 1 1 1 +1 12:16 0.33
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 1 1 0 +1 16:54 0.18
Jiri Kulich C 0 0 3 1 0 -1 18:55 0.12
Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:55 0.05
Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2:25 0.00
Sam Lafferty C 0 0 2 4 1 -2 12:32 -0.10
Connor Clifton D 0 0 1 2 0 -1 15:36 -0.13
Owen Power D 0 0 4 0 0 -3 17:54 -0.15
Bowen Byram D 0 0 1 1 0 -2 20:18 -0.33
Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 1 0 -3 9:43 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen L 26 20 6 .769 57:53 -2.50

Tampa Bay Lightning

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Jake Guentzel C 3 0 3 0 0 0 18:27 2.43
Nick Paul L 1 1 2 0 0 +2 15:42 1.83
Darren Raddysh D 1 1 3 1 1 +2 24:47 1.80
Brandon Hagel L 0 2 1 0 2 +1 21:42 1.38
Nikita Kucherov R 0 2 1 0 0 0 17:18 1.28
Erik Cernak D 0 1 2 3 3 +1 22:10 0.98
Zemgus Girgensons C 0 1 0 2 0 +1 11:02 0.78
Oliver Bjorkstrand R 1 0 2 3 0 -1 13:53 0.75
Brayden Point C 0 1 1 0 1 0 16:45 0.65
Yanni Gourde C 0 1 2 4 0 -1 16:47 0.63
Ryan McDonagh D 0 1 0 0 0 0 25:41 0.48
Emil Lilleberg D 0 0 2 0 2 +1 17:01 0.30
Luke Glendening C 0 0 1 1 1 +1 10:49 0.28
Mitchell Chaffee R 0 0 1 1 0 +1 8:42 0.22
Anthony Cirelli C 0 0 2 1 1 +1 17:46 0.20
J.J. Moser D 0 0 3 1 1 -2 22:53 -0.03
Victor Hedman D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2:57 -0.05
Gage Goncalves C 0 0 0 2 0 -2 11:07 -0.50
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Andrei Vasilevskiy W 33 28 5 .848 60:00 -0.95